spurs beat wizards two nights ago, before that they lost two straight games to Raptors and knicks who are also not well this season.You do know that the Mavs are still a game and a half behind Houston, right? And last time I checked, they've won 4 in a row. And before you beat possibly the worst team in basketball, Sacramento, you LOST to those "sucky" Rockets. Seriously dude..you don't say a team sucks right after they beat you. Not very intelligent. Then again, you are a Mavs fan
Mavs =
rooting for rockets = admiting "Rockets > Spurs""used to be"
exactly
we're already off the topic. the le of this thread is "Spurs vs. Mavericks Previews" which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rockets.
I believe it was you who started on the rockets
If you had a mother that had a daughter that also had a daughter that sent letters to a cousin, then she would know the feeling of being on topic.we're already off the topic. the le of this thread is "Spurs vs. Mavericks Previews" which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rockets.
Now the only source for the rockets fans to gain some joy is just the loses of other teams, they should have based their joy on the victories of their own team but they've already realized that their team will never win a series in the post season.
It's true the rockets won two les in 90s, and I really appreciate the rockets team of 90s that featured Olajuwon and drexler. but all their trophies have become memories that can only console the broken hearts of the rockets fans every time they got beaten by Jazz in the postseason.
Too bad, it could have said CHAMPIONS
Agreed. Hakeem was the , probably my favorite player ever. But I hate the 2nd round virgin Rockets team of today, their players and fans are just so unlikable.
Spurs versus Mavs... what more could you ask for?
Kill the Mavs.
I mean "kill" as in just beat them, badly, on the scoreboard, in an embarassing way if possible, of course.
i want to wipe my ass with a mavs jersey
im going to wear my cuban suck shirt tommorow
Dallas (33-22) at San Antonio (37-17) Preview
Game info: 8:30 pm EST Tue Feb 24, 2009
TV: KTXA, My35
By Dan Pieringer
The San Antonio Spurs have been without reigning sixth man of the year Manu Ginobili since the All-Star break, while the Dallas Mavericks have gone two weeks without their own star sub, Jason Terry.
Neither team, however, seemed to miss its top reserve in its last game.
The Spurs return to play at the AT&T Center for the first time this month as the Southwest Division rivals square off Tuesday night.
Ginobili, who missed San Antonio’s first 12 games of 2008-09 following offseason surgery on his left ankle, is now expected to miss about two more weeks with a right ankle injury.
Terry, leading the league with 20.0 points per game off the bench, is also expected to miss several more weeks to recover from surgery on his left hand.
The Mavericks (33-22) got more than enough offense without Terry on Saturday night, when they routed Sacramento 116-95. They led 70-50 at halftime, enabling coach Rick Carlisle to turn to his bench early.
Brandon Bass had a season-high 20 points and fellow reserve James Singleton added a season-high 19 points with 12 rebounds as Dallas won for the third time in the five games of Terry’s absence..
“We just thought it was a good opportunity to let it ride with those guys,” Carlisle said of his bench. “They had a good rhythm. They were defending and they were scoring.”
The division-leading Spurs (37-17) also got much of their offense from an unfamiliar source Saturday. Roger Mason scored 25 points in a 98-67 blowout of Washington as San Antonio improved to 8-8 without Ginobili this season.
Mason, who spent the last two seasons with the Wizards, went 9-for-15 from the field - including 5-for-9 from 3-point range - while Tim Duncan and Tony Parker were held to 12 and nine points, respectively.
“I think I would have made a big impact (with the Wizards). Who’s to say?” Mason said. “You never know. That’s just the confidence I have. I’m just glad I made an impact on this team.”
The Spurs’ win capped 10,761 miles of travel over 19 days while their home court was occupied by the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. San Antonio, which last played at the AT&T Center on Jan. 31, went 5-3 on the trip.
“Every year, we seem to make something out of it,” Duncan said. “There’s no way to deny it. Every year, we come out of this road trip a better team. We find a way to bond. We find a way to do something on the road. It works for us.”
That’s bad news for the Mavericks, who have dropped four of their last five against the Spurs. Dallas won 98-81 in San Antonio on Nov. 4, but fell 133-126 in double overtime in the teams’ last meeting Dec. 9 in Dallas.
Duncan led San Antonio with 32 points and 14 rebounds in that game, his fourth straight double-double against Dallas.
Mavericks All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had 35 points and 10 boards in the double-overtime defeat. He’s averaging 32.5 points and shooting 50.9 percent (29-for-57) against the Spurs this season.
Nowitzki, though, has been held to 21 points and 10-for-31 (32.3 percent) shooting over his last two games.
Notes
Mavericks:
The Mavericks scored 70 first-half points en route to Saturday's blowout win over the Kings. ... Dallas has won seven of its last eight games at home. ... F Brandon Bass came up with 20 points off the bench, while F James Singleton had 19 points and 12 boards. ... The Mavericks controlled the glass all night, holding a 49-33 rebounding edge.
Spurs:
After finishing 5-3 on their annual eight-game road trip - which they take when the rodeo occupies the AT&T Center - the Spurs return home for a three-game set, beginning Tuesday against the division-rival Dallas Mavericks. ... G Roger Mason, who spent the last two seasons with the Wizards and grew up in Washington, D.C., torched his old team for 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting in Saturday's win. ... The Spurs have now won five straight meetings with the Wizards.
Team Stat Leaders
Points
Dirk Nowitzki Dal 25.3
Tim Duncan SA 20.7
Rebounds
Dirk Nowitzki Dal 8.3
Tim Duncan SA 10.7
Assists
Jason Kidd Dal 8.4
Tony Parker SA 6.5
Team Comparison
Team Record Standings PF PA Road/Home Streak L10
Dallas 33-22 4th Southwest / 7th West 101.1 99.5 Road 14-14 Won 1 7-3
San Antonio 37-17 1st Southwest / 2nd West 97.7 94.0 Home 18-7 Won 2 7-3
Yes..but I'm not coming on here saying that the Raptors and Knicks suck. You actually had the cajones to say that the Rockets suck right after they beat you. That's just ignorant, man. Face it...Dallas is going nowhere this year.
I'm confused....putting this on here must be making fun of your team. The way they choked away that series was de able.
Dude...they freaking beat you. Are you serious? Are you delusional or something? AND THEY'RE AHEAD OF YOU IN THE DIVISION! They have a better record than you...I can't decide if it is funny or sad that a fan of the biggest chokers in NBA history is saying a team will never win a post season series. I truly think that you are joking. I really don't think you're this ignorant. Are you a hypocrite or just pathetic?
what does that even mean? Are you high?
No..it could mean that you just REALLY hate the team they're playing (Mavericks)
Tuesday: Mavericks (33-22) at Spurs (37-17)
Express-News
Time: 7:30 p.m.
TV: KMYS
Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350
STARTING LINEUPS
POS - SPURS - MAVERICKS
PG - 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 8th yr) - 2 Jason Kidd (6-4, 15th yr)
Only John Stockton, Mark Jackson and Magic Johnson have more assists than Kidd.
SG - 8 Roger Mason Jr. (6-5, 5th yr) - 21 Antoine Wright (6-7, 4th yr)
Six double-digit scoring games in February for former Aggie Wright.
SF - 4 Michael Finley (6-7, 14th yr) - 5 Josh Howard (6-7, 6th yr)
Finley second on Mavericks' all-time 3-pointers list (870).
PF - 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 12th yr) - 41 Dirk Nowitzki (7-0, 11th yr)
Duncan has had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in 10 games, leading NBA.
C - 15 Matt Bonner (6-10, 5th yr) - 25 Erick Dampier (6-11, 13th yr)
Bonner will have his hands full on defense, drawing dreaded Dirk assignment.
SPURS RESERVES
12 Bruce Bowen, F, 6-7, 13th yr
1 Malik Hairston, G, 6-6, 1st yr
3 George Hill, G, 6-2, 1st yr
7 Fabricio Oberto, C, 6-10, 4th yr
40 Kurt Thomas, C/F, 6-9, 14th yr
5 Ime Udoka, G/F, 6-5, 5th yr
11 Jacque Vaughn, G, 6-1, 12th yr
MAVERICKS RESERVES
11 J.J. Barea, G, 6-0, 3rd yr
32 Brandon Bass, F, 6-8, 4th yr
13 Matt Carroll, G, 6-6, 6th yr
40 Devean George, F, 6-8, 10th yr
1 Ryan Hollins, C, 7-0, 3rd yr
33 James Singleton, F, 6-8, 3rd yr
42 Jerry Stackhouse, G/F, 6-6, 14th yr
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Mavericks: Rick Carlisle
INJURIES
Spurs: Ian Mahinmi (right ankle surgery) and Manu Ginobili (stress reaction, right ankle) are out.
Mavericks: Jason Terry (fractured left hand) is out.
PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Mahinmi, Ginobili.
Mavericks: Terry, Gerald Green, Shawne Williams.
NOTABLE
Fresh off the annual rodeo trip, Spurs back in AT&T Center for first time since Jan. 31.
- Jeff McDonald
Even after all these years, Duncan just continues to amaze me.Duncan has had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in 10 games, leading NBA.
To be elite, Dallas Mavericks must beat the West's best on the road
David Moore
SAN ANTONIO – The Mavericks crave upward mobility.
They refuse to rattle around in the back of the playoff pack, holding their breath from one day to the next as they cling to one of the final spots in the Western Conference.
Now, we'll see if they can do something about it.
Wins over Sacramento and New Jersey at home are nice. Heck, they're essential if this team has any hopes of cracking 50 wins.
But these Mavericks won't get any traction or move up in the standings until they start to win on the road against their prime compe ion.
Tonight's game against San Antonio falls into that category.
"To move up, you're going to have to win some tough road games," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "It's as simple as that. The other compe ion in the West has teams that are capable of doing it."
One reason the Mavericks languish around the No. 6 seed as they enter this week is because of their troubles on the road in the Western Conference.
Nine teams are jockeying for eight playoff spots. The Mavericks are 3-7 on the road against those other eight teams. The Mavericks haven't picked up a win against one of those teams since they beat Portland on Christmas night.
The trend extends even further. The Mavericks are 4-13 on the road against the best in the West since Jason Kidd's arrival last February.
"Look, we won at Miami, we won at Orlando," Carlisle said of the excursion that jump-started the Mavericks current push a few weeks ago. "We know we're capable of beating good teams on the road.
"The formula has got to be there. You've got to play consistently on defense and rebound. Offensively, you've got to be efficient and you've got to score enough points."
That's the problem. The Mavericks haven't been consistent on defense on the road. Their offense has been sporadic. Their bench has been erratic.
But there are signs of improvement, such as Friday's 93-86 loss in Houston.
"Well, look at that game," Kidd said. "We put ourselves in position coming down the stretch, but didn't execute and turned the ball over.
"It's there. We're right there. It's a matter of staying with it."
The Mavericks will have plenty of opportunities to break through.
The team returns to the American Airlines Center for three games after it faces the Spurs. Then, six of its next eight games are on the road. The Mavericks play in New Orleans, Phoenix, Portland and Los Angeles (the Lakers) in that stretch.
"I don't spend a lot of time analyzing and overanalyzing our situation with respect to who we have beaten lately on the road," Carlisle said. "What matters is right now, the next game. We've got to get ready to perform.
"We're dealing with the here and now and what is going on tomorrow. That's enough for us. We don't need to regurgitate the past."
If the Mavericks regurgitate past results on the road, they won't like what they see.
And they won't move up in the standings.
"We've got to find a way to win on the road against the good teams," Kidd said. "If we can do that, that will catapult us to that next stage."
A TOUGH ROAD
The Mavericks are 3-7 against Western Conference playoff contenders on the road.
Date Site Result
Feb. 20 at Houston L 93-86
Feb. 5 at Utah L 115-87
Jan. 13 at Denver L 99-97
Jan. 9 at Phoenix L 128-100
Dec. 26 at Utah L 97-88
Dec. 25 at Portland W 102-94
Nov. 28 at LA Lakers L 114-107
Nov. 19 at Houston W 96-86
Nov. 7 at Denver L 108-105
Nov. 4 at San Antonio W 98-81
Jerry Stackhouse resumes bench role with Dallas Mavericks
By David Moore
SAN ANTONIO — Jerry Stackhouse’s comeback has been put on hold.
Stackhouse isn’t satisfied with how his foot has responded since his return from a three-month layoff. He met with Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle on Monday, and it was decided he would be deactivated for more recovery time.
"I’m a little down, but I’m not where I need to be," said Stackhouse, who did not make the trip to San Antonio for tonight’s game. "I don’t want to take minutes away from guys who deserve to be out there at this point.
"It’s hard, and it put [Carlisle] in a tough position, too. I know he wants to try to get me back, at the same time, where is the balance? We need to win games. Instead of putting myself and my teammates in a bad position, we thought it was best to step back and let me work it out on my own."
Stackhouse opened the season and played until Nov. 14 when the pain from plantar fasciitis and a bone spur in his heel became too great. He missed 45 games and returned four days ago against Houston.
The veteran guard failed to score and was 0-of-5 from the field in his two games. He played a total of 21 minutes and was never comfortable, saying he was tentative on the court.
"The foot isn’t right," Carlisle said.
Stackhouse said he will continue to work on regaining his strength.
No JET = Mavs lose
Mavs will finish with a better record than the Rockets, take that to the bank. Neither team is going anywhere though, the Spurs aren't either.
By "rested and ready" - do you mean with the same amount of time off as their incoming opponent?
And I love how Rogue gets everyone all pissed off. He's a troll magnet, especially for this djohn2008 stick. Guy is living in a timewarp and thinks he's awesome by repeating the same droll bull we've all seen a thousand times before. If you're going to try to bag on Mavs fans, chief, come with something new. That stale doesn't bother any of us anymore.
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